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Toxic epidermal necrolysis in hemodialysis patient
oleh: Uday Venkat Mateti, Shankar Prasad Nagaraju, Manohar Bairy, Ravindra Prabhu Attur, Anantha Naik Nagappa, Anuradha Calicut Kini Rao
Format: | Article |
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Diterbitkan: | Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2015-01-01 |
Deskripsi
Toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN) is a rare and life-threatening allergic drug reaction. We report a 26-year-old young female with end-stage renal disease on maintenance hemodialysis developing TEN while on filgrastim and phenytoin. It was successfully treated with intravenous immunoglobulins and steroids.